Friday, December 10th, 2010
INDEPENDENT UK – Despite its title, Map of a Nation is not a “biography of the Ordnance Survey”. Rather, its sphere of interest is confined to British cartography 1747-1846. Moreover, despite its meticulous scholarship, the book is less a history than a celebration of the OS, an almost triumphalist account of an apparently irresistible ascent. Read
Friday, December 10th, 2010
WETLANDS.ORG – During a celebrity side event at the climate change conference in Copenhagen private investor George Soros said he stands ready to invest in the rehabilitation of drained peatlands in Indonesia. He announced this in an event which discussed international partnerships under REDD+; a new UNFCCC mechanism to reduce emission from deforestation and degradation in
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
HELCOM – The facilitation of activities to re-create a healthy Baltic marine environment by 2021 within the framework of the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan will be the topmost issue on the agenda. “The Delegations will discuss the implementation status of the HELCOM action plan and how to accelerate this through the identification of good examples
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
BUSINESS RECORDER – Pakistan is confronting daunting challenges of land degradation and desertification, especially in dry-land ecosystems, as it makes impossible to adopt cost-effective land degradation assessment. This was stated by Additional Secretary Environment Kamran Ali Qureshi while addressing the inaugural session of two-day national workshop “Role of Spatial Technology” Geographical Information System & Remote Sensing
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
IC RUSSIA – Modern satellites are complex and expensive systems, which are often extremely sensitive to the environment. Apparently, their lifetime in space will increase significantly, if these satellites are switched off during strong solar disturbances, which can be predicted and detected. Another application for above mentioned information is forecasting of radiation and ion conditions for planning
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The Lands and Survey director and co-workers explained to the panel of the Commission each their respective roles and responsibilities in relation to the allocation of lands. As head of the department, Alieu Jobe gave detailed explanation about the allocation of lands by his department, jointly with the Ministry of Local Government &
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
NORWAY POST – The governments of Sweden and Norway have agreed on a significant expansion of renewable energy projects until 2020. A common market for green certificates is to be in place by 1 January 2012. Read More
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
TORONTO STAR – Ontario could create new industries, reinvigorate old ones, and generate thousands of new jobs over the next 15 years by building a vibrant offshore wind market around the Great Lakes, according to a report prepared by the Conference Board of Canada. Read More
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
UPI – The Scottish government has more than $49 million set aside for forestry projects that will help protect the country’s biodiversity, the environment secretary said. Scottish Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead said the government approved a plan to protect forests and wildlife as part of a broad-reaching rural plan. Read More
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
RUSSIA IC – This Sunday Russian project to rival America’s GPS suffered setback. Three satellites compliting the Glonass system failed to reach the orbit. The crash in the Pacific was caused by a programming error. The crash cost approximately $500 million, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a full audit of the entire $2 billion program
